Re: ATM Off Topic: Titles,etc.

["Frank" <thewards@mindspring.com>]

Thank you for the information, Dennis.  I was very interested in your life
and interests.
But, until you took the time to tell us, I figured it was your business.
I hope you solve this latest challenge and get your scope going.



Frank Ward
Atlanta, GA
-----Original Message-----
From: Slc.Dennis Bishop <starlord@qnet.com>
To: ATM list <atm@shore.net>
Date: Sunday, July 11, 1999 9:24 PM
Subject: ATM Off Topic: Titles,etc.


>
> I hope Mel doesn't get mad at me, but you've all asked so for one
>time I will answer.
>
> Slc, that stands for StarLord Commander, as for 20+ years I have been
>the elected head officer of the Starlord International Assoc. of
>Rocketry, S.I.A.R.(http://mars.spaceports.com/~starlord/INDEX.HTM)
>
> This group is for Model Rocketeers.
>
> The IAR is the Independent Assoc. of Rocketry which while THE FOUNDER
>of, am now just a normal member.
>
> If any of you have ever been on the Astronomy Newsgroups, you would
>see me posting there, as since 1992, I have been the keeper/poster and
>updater of the Telescope Buyers FAQ which can also be found on web
>pages and is printed and handed out at some places.
>
> I also run two Astronomy e-mail lists, Astronomy@muskrat.com and
>Astronomy-net@onelist.com.
>
> Back in march of this year my car was broken into and the Stargazer
>Steve DOB which was in the back seat was ripped off. After that is
>when one of the ATM list members gave me this scope which was not
>done.
>
> In the meantime, a person in NYC who had read the FAQ  had also
>gotten a 4.25 DOB, but instead of his teenage kids using it right,
>they all but trashed the scope. So because he had read the report of
>me losing my scope, he figured I could get better useage from it. I
>never have talked to him and don't know him, but he sent it off to me
>and I've been repairing it since then.
>
> I had to sell the Orion 12.5DOB I had in Hawaii, after my mother
>passed away I moved back to Calif. and yes, I miss that scope.
>
> I live on a fixed income, VA disabilty and SDI, and as I enjoy
>letting people have views of objects in the night sky, I am a Sidewalk
>Astronomer and give FREE views  of the sky. Oh, that Orion 12.5 DOB
>was my  very 1st telescope and I used to setup down in Waikiki Beach
>for Sidewalk Astronomy too.
>
> So, now you know more about me than you might have wanted.
>
>
>
>Their little universe is very young, and its god is still a
>child. But it is too soon to judge them; when We return in the
>Last Days, We will consider what should be saved.
>
>              Arthur C.Clarke "3001 The Final Odyssey"
>
>
>
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>| Slc.Dennis Bishop Founder & Lifetime Member |
>| SIAR (1971)   /  IAR (1995                  |
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